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Judge Refuses To Force Government To Pay Federal Workers During Shutdown

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According to a report by Business Insider, a federal judge in Washington refuses to force the US government to pay federal employees who have continued to work during the shutdown, despite labor unions arguing that unpaid work violates labor laws. As a result of the partial government shutdown, approximately 800,000 federal employees have lost their paychecks for the last 25 days. An estimated 420,000 of them are actively working without pay. Business Insider reports that a number of unions have sued the government, including the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. However, on Tuesday, US District Court Judge Richard J. Leon struck the lawsuits down. According to the Washington Post, Leon said, "At best it would create chaos and confusion. At worst it could be catastrophic ... I'm not going to put people's lives at risk."

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